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consultation - striving for sustainable development graphic Cabinet agrees key planning document seeking sustainability in development
The Royal Borough has agreed an important planning document designed to ensure sustainability and tackling climate change are fully considered in the area’s future development and growth.

The Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)…
Royal Borough’s Cabinet welcomes two new members Royal Borough’s Cabinet welcomes two new members
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is welcoming two new Cabinet members as part of updates to portfolio responsibilities, following the recent election of Councillor Joshua Reynolds as Maidenhead’s new MP.  

Councillor Jack Douglas, the…
Secure cycle parking opens at Windsor Leisure Centre Secure cycle parking opens at Windsor Leisure Centre
New secure cycling has opened next to Windsor Leisure Centre, giving people who cycle a protected space to park their bikes when using the Stovell Road wellbeing facilities. 

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead sought design feedback from…
Free swim sessions Free swimming sessions for local teenagers to promote water safety this summer
Young people aged 13 to 17 years old will be able to enjoy free swim sessions at two popular leisure centres during the school summer holidays, thanks to a water safety initiative.

Leisure Focus, the Royal Borough’s leisure operator, in…
We're updating our website Get ready for our updated website


We’re updating our website on Wednesday 31 July to refresh its look and feel, and ensure our online services remain secure into the future.  

You will still be able to report, pay, apply and find information at www.rbwm.gov.uk as usual. However,…
South East local authorities join forces to recruit more foster carers
Councils from across the South East have come together to create the country’s largest local authority fostering partnership, in a bid to increase the number of foster carers across the region.

With over 11,000 children in care across the South…
Graphic A308 Braywick Roundabout to close overnight for essential resurfacing
Essential maintenance work to resurface parts of the A308 Braywick Roundabout, between Windsor and Maidenhead, will take place on Tuesday 23 July.  

The work is an important investment by the Royal Borough in the future of this strategically…
Vapes Royal Borough successfully prosecutes shop over illegal vapes
A shop and a company director have to pay court fines, costs and charges totalling £2,870 for having illegal vapes in possession for sale, following a Trading Standards investigation and prosecution by the Royal Borough.

52 illegal vaping products…
Opening of the Changing Places facilities Changing Places facility opens in Windsor
Toilet and changing room facilities designed specifically for people with disabilities, and their carers, have opened at Windsor Leisure Centre.

Called Changes Places, they are larger than standard accessible toilet facilities with additional space…
Register for solar panel group buying scheme Could solar panels be an option for your home?
A green energy scheme helping residents and businesses generate renewable energy through solar panels, cutting energy costs and carbon footprint, has again reopened in the Royal Borough.

The Royal Borough has once again joined forces with…
First Berkshire Prosperity Board meeting to be held
The first Berkshire Prosperity Board meeting is to be held on Monday 17 June and this new joint committee, made up of the six Berkshire unitary authorities, aims to help drive forward and deliver future economic success across the county. 

The six…
This image shows a ballot paper. Getting ready for the General Election. Final reminder to register for General Election
The Royal Borough is giving a final reminder to voters who are not currently on the electoral register to ensure you sign up by 11.59pm on Tuesday 18 June to participate in the General Election on Thursday 4 July.

You only have to register if you…
Royal Borough residents invited to discover more about volunteering opportunities at a special Volunteer Fair
This Saturday residents are invited to pop into Maidenhead Library to meet community and voluntary organisations from across the borough, at a special Volunteers Fair, which is being held to mark the 40th National Volunteers’ Week. 

Volunteers’…
This image shows the houses of Parliament. Could you be MP for Windsor or Maidenhead. Royal Borough invites candidates to stand in General Election
The Royal Borough is officially inviting nominations from candidates seeking to represent the Windsor and Maidenhead Parliamentary constituencies, ahead of the General Election on Thursday 4 July. 

Candidates must make an appointment to hand…
This image is a street view of Norfolk Park Work to start soon to help improve road safety in Maidenhead neighbourhood
Responses to a consultation on proposals to improve road safety at Norfolk Park, a neighbourhood north of Maidenhead town centre and Kidwells Park, have shown that the majority of residents are in support.


The work will introduce traffic calming…
Royal Borough reminds residents about registering to vote for the General Election
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is reminding voters who are not currently on the electoral register to sign up now if they wish to take part in the General Election on Thursday 4 July. You only need to register if you have never…
Pupils from Cookham Dean School playing Street Tag Street Tag launches in Royal Borough schools
Pupils, their families, and school staff in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead are invited to join Street Tag when it launches on 10 June, which will transform the whole of the borough into a virtual playground.

Street Tag is a family-…
Have you a great idea to improve wellbeing in your community?
Applications are now open for the fifth round of Innovation Funding for community-led projects to launch and run health and wellbeing initiatives across the Royal Borough.

The scheme is managed by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in…
Royal Borough in talks with Government about Exceptional Financial Support
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has begun talks with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about a financial support package needed for the council to deliver its crucial plans for financial stability.

The council’s…
Public meeting about the winter floods to be held in Cookham Public meeting about the winter floods to be held in Cookham
A public meeting will be held in Cookham next week, in which information will be shared about the flood event that took place in the borough in January of this year. 

Representatives from the Environment Agency, Thames Water and the council, as…